PRODUCER PRICES OF FOR-HIRE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES

Producer prices reflect prices charged to anyone, including consumers when
the firm also serves as a retailer. Actual prices to users of transportation services
will differ due to substitution between domestic and foreign markets, and substitution
between user- and market-provided services.

Price Index (Jun-1993=100)

Oct-01

Oct-02

Air transportation

152.1

152.7

Air transportation percent change from same month previous year

4.20

0.44

Water transportation

133.9

138.8

Water transportation percent change from same month previous year

5.53

3.67

Motor freight transportation and warehousing

123.6

125.4

Motor freight transportation and warehousing percent change from same month previous year

NOTES: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the
previous year to account for seasonality.

Data from July 2002 to October 2002 are preliminary. The original data for
the indices in this table have different base periods. For comparability, the
indices have been adjusted to have a common reference point (Jun-93).

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics; December 4, 2002;
available at: http://www.bls.gov/ppi/